WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R- Wyoming, said President Donald Trump should follow through on his threat to fire federal workers in the heavily blue D.C. region if Democrats refuse to drop their demands for keeping the federal government open.

Trump’s threat took the form of a memo issued Wednesday by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), instructing agencies to plan for mass firings if the parties fail to broker a deal to avoid a shutdown before Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year.

The federal workforce is heavily concentrated in Washington, D.C., and the suburbs in Virginia and Maryland. The region as a whole is solidly blue, making Trump’s threat potent for Democratic officials and their constituents.

Because the shutdown battle is taking place i

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